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There’s a shiny and new issue at Paper Issues! No, I mean… the issue is Shiny and New… Oh, come on!

The issue is called Shiny and New for a new year… we want to see sparkle, shiny, new whatever that means 500to you. For me, it meant scrapping Lily’s first experience playing in the snow. It was all new to her but she looked like it was totally no big deal. And there’s a tiny bit of shiny on this, too, with the drops of silver Color 500Shine.

Oh! AND this is a fabulous NEW collection from Fancy Pants Designs. Technically its a valentine collection but I was digging the colors for this and made it work.

We’ve also got a great sketch for this issue… I clearly used the heck out of it!

Have you seen the newest issue of PaperHaus magazine yet? Just when I think these magazines can’t get any more gorgeous the next one comes out and blows me away all over again. You can see projects from me on pages 39, 75, and 104.

This week we are celebrating the winter release with our Winter Frolic blog hop event. Head over to the PaperHaus blog to start today’s small hop or to participate in the rest of the days.

One of the most common holiday gifts every year is a calendar for the new year. Those pop up calendar kiosks at the mall are proof of that! But I prefer to make my own. This small pocket calendar for 2014 was created from the gorgeous Timbergrove collection from Fancy Pants Designs. I love that the 4x6 brag pad from this line has all the month pages in it! Super convenient! I kept the page embellishment to a minimum so it lays flat enough to keep in a purse.

Thanks for joining us today for the Winter Frolic blog hop! Your next stop is the fabulous Paper Issues blog!

Did you know that Pink Paislee has a brand new exclusive paper collection pad at Michael’s stores right now called Noel? Yep. Pretty awesome. It also happens to coordinate pretty well with a lot of the gorgeous Snow Village line.

I crafted up these simple paper pinecones using paper from the Noel collection, a styrofoam egg, and a whole heck of a lot of tiny pins.

My latest assignment for Fancy Pants Designs was not only a two –pager (which I struggle with) but a Project Life spread. Now, I fully appreciate the gorgeous things I see coming out of Project Life. But it’s just not for me and I had never even attempted it. It’s tough for a gal who loves layers!

So what was I to do? I pretty much just found a way to break the “rules” and make it my own.

I didn’t even use divided page protectors on this ::gasp::!

You can read all about how I adapted Project Life to fit my scrapping style and see the details of my page at the Fancy Pants Designs blog!

Did you go on a Family Vacation this summer? Did you scrap Back to School? Do you have 500 beach photos you need to get in a PL Album? This Issue is for you! It’s time to link up any project that tells your "Endless Summer" story at Paper Issues.

One person who links up will win a $20 GC to the Paper Issues store!

Here’s a bright, sunshine-y page of goodness from the June Gossamer Blue kit, featuring a whole bunch of lovely from Fancy Pants Designs:

Welcome to Day 9 of the PaperHaus Anniversary Fall Splendor blog hop. You should be arriving here from Marilyn Rivera’s blog. If not, please stop over at The PaperHaus blog to get the entire list of hop participants for today.

I’ve obviously been a little obsessed with Fancy Pants Design’s Happy Go Lucky collection lately. I think it perfectly straddles that line between summer and fall, which is pretty much where the New England weather is right now. I whipped up this little home décor piece from a 7Gypsys shadow box insert:

Today’s sponsor, AND your next stop, is Amazing Craft Products. Remember, by commenting on each blog hop post (only 5!) you could win today’s awesome prize from them!

Paper Issues has teamed up with The Twinery for this issue. And I KNOW you’ve got some twine projects to link up! Anything with twine.

As a bonus this issue coincides with the latest challenge over at The Twinery and if you create something that fits their “X Marks the Spot” challenge you can link up there until the 13th for a pretty awesome prize.

I created a lot of Xs on this layout:

I used the Collecting Moments line from Fancy Pants Designs on this page.

I laced the left side of my page, leaving the top part open and folded back to reveal a small envelope to hold journaling.

So go link up your twine project on the Paper Issues blog and enter to win this fab prize pack!

Welcome to Day 6 of the PaperHaus Anniversary Fall Splendor blog hop. You should be arriving here from Eila Sandberg’s blog. If not, please stop over at The PaperHaus blog to get the entire list of hop participants for today.

I don’t know about you but fall always makes me want to bake! It’s absolutely my favorite time of year and here in New England the temps just dropped enough to tease me with a taste of autumn. That’s all the excuse I needed to bake up some cookies and package them up all pretty-like.

I used the Happy Go Lucky collection from Fancy Pants Designs on this. It has so many adorable embellishments! The cute wood berry basket is from The Curtsey Boutique and the ribbon is May Arts.

The underside of the cookie bag is closed with one more little hidden embellishment.

Do YOU want a treat? Today’s sponsor is Studio 75 and by commenting on each blog post (only 5!) you could win today’s fantastic prize!